Video Category: Inside 1547

John Bonczek, Chief Revenue Officer at 1547 Critical Systems Realty, discusses the benefits of connecting through 1547’s facilities. Focused on proximity to the network, 1547’s data centers and carrier hotels are designed to optimize traffic movement and provide customers with access to a dense ecosystem of network service providers.

John highlights that, with a wide variety of carriers to choose from, organizations ranging from hyperscalers and service providers to financial institutions and healthcare providers can benefit from reduced latency, network redundancy, and greater connectivity options. He also notes that any application that relies on moving and processing data can benefit from being in 1547’s facilities, from AI workloads and inference applications to enterprise networking hubs.

Here at 1547, the goal is to build and facilitate seamless interconnection for anyone within its spaces. John discusses how, by making connectivity simple and accessible, customers can quickly connect to service providers throughout a facility and take advantage of the rich network ecosystems that make carrier hotels critical hubs for data movement.

The conversation also highlights 1547’s continued focus on highly connected properties and the efforts to expand our portfolio by bringing our expertise to other connectivity rich facilities and markets across North America and beyond.

J. Todd Raymond, CEO and Managing Director of 1547 Critical Systems Realty, shares the strategy behind the company’s approach to highly interconnected data center facilities, historically known as carrier hotels.

These urban interconnection hubs have been critical junction points for decades, and 1547 is positioning them to stay that way for the next 20, 30, 40, and 50 years. Todd walks through how the team identifies network-rich assets that have been underinvested over time, then brings the value add: security upgrades, redundant power and cooling, and added capacity, all while keeping live customer traffic flowing.

These are hard projects, and that is exactly why they work. 1547 has built a team that has spent most of their careers revitalizing complex interconnection facilities, bringing decades of hands-on experience to every acquisition and redevelopment.

He also digs into how 1547 future-proofs interconnection infrastructure in space-constrained urban footprints, from leveraging liquid cooling to deliver more power-dense environments in limited square footage, to exploring how the satellite relationships built through the Hawaii assets could one day let LEO providers cross-connect directly inside 1547 facilities. The goal is always the same: skate to where the puck is going.

It comes down to acquiring the right properties, listening to tenants, and redeveloping these buildings so they are set up to thrive for decades to come.

Take a look into 1547’s data center portfolio! From New York to Hawai’i, 1547 has you covered. With multiple buildings with expansions underway, we have the space and power to provide for your business’s needs.

Centered around carrier hotels and interconnection hubs, 1547 brings networks, cloud providers, and enterprises together to power innovation and the digital economy. Our mission is simple: deliver the digital infrastructure that keeps the world connected.